Chawrasia, who was T-10 when play was stopped in second round yesterday, slipped to T-16 when it ended this morning at at the Genzon Golf Club.
In the third round, the Indian stumbled on a horrible run of bogey-bogey-triple bogey between third and fifth, which cost him five shots and pushed him way down the leaderboard. A birdie on the 10th hole was the only consolation for him.
Soomin Lee saw his lead cut to two shots in the delayed third round of the Shenzhen International as a brilliant 62 from Callum Shinkwin set the clubhouse target to put some pressure on the overnight leader.
Over six and a half hours had been lost on days one and two, meaning 35 players did not start their second rounds until Saturday morning, and Lee will have seven holes to complete in his third on Sunday.
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Lee had extended that to five after three holes of his third round with a birdie on the second but Shinkwin was stealing the show as he turned in 29 to surge through the field.
The 22-year-old had played his entire second round in the morning and was in the final group to finish as he recorded a second consecutive 71 to sit just two shots above the cut-line.
He showed no signs of fatigue, though, and birdied the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 16th with an eagle on the 17th to get into a five-way tie for second at nine under.